Los Angeles, May 26 (IANS) Live action film “Aladdin” has minted an estimated $109 million in its four-day opening weekend in the US. The Disney musical fantasy, which released in time for Memorial Day, stars Will Smith and Mena Massou. It released in 4,476 North American theaters, reported variety.com. Guy[Read More…]
Tokyo, May 26 (IANS) Visiting US President Donald Trump on Sunday had his first informal talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a round of golf here as the two countries held trade talks. Although the winner of the round between Abe and Trump was not reported, the Japanese[Read More…]
London, May 26 (IANS) A giant replica of the earth went on display at the Liverpool Cathedral, Britain’s biggest church. Following its display in Hong Kong, the artwork is on exhibit in the cathedral in Liverpool until June 23. It was created by British artist Luke Jerram with detailed NASA[Read More…]
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday on a three-day visit to Pakistan, the government announced. “The visit is in continuation of high-level exchanges between the two countries, which have acquired an increased momentum since Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to China[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) It was Priyanka Chopra Jonas who had initially shown keen interest to be a part of “Bharat”, according to superstar Salman Khan who says her last-minute exit from the film was “embarrassing”. Now that the film is over and ready for release, does he think that[Read More…]
London, May 26 (IANS) A campaign to stop former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson from becoming the UK’s new Prime Minister and taking the country into a no-deal Brexit has been launched by moderate cabinet ministers. After Theresa May owed to pressure on Friday and announced she would resign as Conservative[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Who are the 52 candidates of the Congress who won despite the Narendra Modi wave in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections? The Congress had fielded 421 candidates across the country but only 52 of them got elected from 18 states and union territories, marking the[Read More…]
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Islamabad is ready to hold talks with the new Indian government, the media reported on Sunday. Addressing the participants of an iftar dinner here on Saturday, Qureshi stressed that both the countries would have to have a[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Jaganmohan Reddy, who is set to form a government in Andhra Pradesh, on Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. Reddy presented Modi a bouquet and a shawl. Other YSRCP leaders were present at the meeting at the Prime Minister’s[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) Former Indian badminton player Jwala Gutta has denied rumours that she may be seen as a participant in the third season of the Telugu version of the controversial reality TV show “Bigg Boss”. “No ‘Bigg Boss’ for me… All false rumours,” Gutta tweeted in context to[Read More…]
Geneva, May 26 (IANS) Germany’s Alexander Zverev captured his first title of the season with a see-saw 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8) victory in Geneva Open final over Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, who had two match points but came up just short. The championship match at this clay-court tennis event on Saturday[Read More…]
San Francisco, May 26 (IANS) A ransomware attack has crippled the US city of Baltimore that has brought all of its email and online payment gateways to a standstill. The hackers are demanding $76,280 in exchange for freeing all the city’s systems. The tool that has paralysed the city is[Read More…]
Chennai, May 26 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Raghava Lawrence said that he would reconsider his decision to direct the upcoming Akshay Kumar-starrer horror-comedy “Laxmmi Bomb” if the makers give him the respect he deserves. A week after Lawrence walked out of the project citing lack of respect, he posted a statement on[Read More…]
Srinagar, May 26 (IANS) After two days of official clampdown and separatist called protests, life on Sunday started limping back to normal in the Kashmir valley. Authorities had imposed a clampdown in the Valley after the killing of top militant commander Zakir Musa on Thursday. Curfew-like restrictions, closure of all[Read More…]
Dubai, May 26 (IANS) A Dubai-based Indian boy has ranked among the top 100 regional finalists for the Google Science Fair global contest for his project to make street lights smarter, the media reported. Shaamil Karim, a grade 11 student at the Indian High School Dubai, was selected from thousands[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) While exuding confidence that New Zealand will remain as consistent as they have been at the World Cup in the recent past, pacer Lockie Ferguson believes there are too many ‘dark horses’ this time around which makes the job much more difficult in[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) England and India, both touted as favourites for the ICC World Cup 2019, began their preparations for the showpiece event on a losing note, something which they must not be hoping for. The Virat Kohli-led India were thrashed in their first warm-up game against New[Read More…]
San Francisco, May 26 (IANS) Elon Musk has dismissed media reports that claimed that his Electric Vehicle (EV) company Tesla has gone as far as the office washrooms to cut costs from. A report by Electrek said that “teams at several Tesla facilities are going to some extremes in attempts[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Sadi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his victory in the Lok Sabha elections, a statement said on Sunday. According to the statement, Modi received phone calls from May,[Read More…]
By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Sri Lanka are entering this year’s World Cup tournament as underdogs. The 1996 World Cup champions have not been in the best of their forms ever since the 2015 edition of the showpiece event when they failed to qualify for the semi-finals.[Read More…]
New York, May 26 (IANS) Feeling stressed out? Take this newly discovered home-test that can easily measure your stress level and tell you whether you need to consult a doctor or not. The researchers, including one of Indian origin, from the University of Cincinnati have conducted a new test with[Read More…]
Berlin, May 26 (IANS) The German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner has urged Jews to avoid wearing “kippa”, the traditional Jewish skullcaps in public, the media reported on Sunday. Felix Klein warned Jews against donning the kippa in parts of the country, following a rise in anti-Semitism, the BBC reported. Klein said[Read More…]
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Food historian and author Salma Yusuf Hussain’s “passion to find out more and more about the cuisine of Mughal India” has resulted in her latest offering: a seminal work that transports the reader into the heart of the royal kitchens to bring[Read More…]
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Amethi, May 26 (IANS) A close aide of Union Minister Smriti Irani was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi district, police said on Sunday. According to Additional Superintendent of Police Daya Ram, said Surendra Singh, the former chief of Baraulia village, was killed near his residence on[Read More…]
